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GPS - The Galileo Positioning System
Glossary of GPS Terms
The Galileo Positioning System
Wikipedia - Galileo Positioning System
The Galileo positioning system is a proposed satellite navigation system, to be built by the European Union (EU) as an alternative to the US military-controlled Global Positioning System and the Russian GLONASS. The system should be operational by 2010, two years later than originally anticipated.
It is named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei. The Galileo positioning system is not abbreviated to GPS; use of the acronym "GPS", here and elsewhere, refers to the existing United States system.
Galileo is intended to provide:
Greater precision to all users than is currently available.
Improved coverage of satellite signals at higher latitudes, which northern regions such as Scandinavia will benefit from.
A global positioning system that can be relied upon, even in times of war.
Galileo satellites
30 spacecraft
orbital altitude: 23222 km (MEO)
3 orbital planes, 56° inclination (9 operational satellites and one active spare per orbital plane)
satellite lifetime: >12 years
satellite mass: 675 kg
satellite body dimensions: 2.7 m x 1.2 m x 1.1 m
span of solar arrays: 18.7 m
power of solar arrays: 1500 W (end of life)
Post Edited By Kev2012, Feb/20/2006, 12:14 am
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